John Harvard's Journal

John Goldberg

Harvard in the News

University layoffs, professors in court, and a new Law School dean

Newly appointed deans Jeff Lichtman, Jeremy M. Weinstein, Sean Kelly, Nonie Lesaux

New Harvard deans, leadership, and more

New deans, Overseers’ leaders, retiring arts impresario, and more

Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Studying abroad 

A woman in a blue shirt smiling.

Harvard Philosophy Professor Alison Simmons on "Being a Minded Thing"

A philosopher on perception, the canon, and being “a minded thing” 

by Nina Pasquini

People sit at tables in a basement. Windows on the ceiling allow light in.

Dream Renovations to Harvard Yard Libraries

An ambitious plan for the next century of learning

by Nina Pasquini

Illustration of Harvard fencer competing in Paris Olympics 1924

Harvard History Roundup

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Sasha the University police community engagement dog wearing Commencement regalia

What Do Graduates at Harvard Really Want in 2024?

Seniors’ work plans, Sasha stylin’, reunion sonnet, and more

Phi Beta Kappa orator Drew Gilpin Faust

Harvard 2024 Commencement Rhetoric

Commencement rhetoric on threats to higher education, melding divergent views, doing good, and combating the loss of trust

The shut gates of Harvard Yard

Harvard Campus Disruptions

Addressing bias and hatred, challenging governance, reacting to protest, and trying to find a way forward

by John S. Rosenberg

Commencement photos: Kennedy Schoolers ready to rule the world; Isabella E. Peña ’24 belts out the national anthem; a professor-student pose; ; pro-Palestinian protestors preparing to walk out

Harvard's Tumultuous 2023-2024 School Year Ends in Protests

Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.

by John S. Rosenberg

Honorary degree recipients Joy Harjo, Jennie Chin Hansen, and Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Harvard Honorary Degrees 2024

Harvard’s 2024 honorary degree recipients